x The Compound - Chapters The CompoundChapter 1 Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Mary Poppins "Like all of us, she (Terese) had her own routines, one of which was to watch Mary Poppins at lease once a day." YMCA
"The gym was big, the type you'd see in a school or YMCA, with an extra fifty feet or so at the end for fitness machines." Eli
Seattle
"If we weren't here, do you know where we'd be?"( Eli) "Of course I do." Terese straightened back up, "We would be home in Seattle with Eddy and Clementine."
White Shoulders "Gram, smelling of White Shoulders, wore a red muumuu, her long hair loose, a pink pua flower behind one ear." Spam"She spread a dolphin print beach towel on the grass before laying out an appetizing buffet of Spam and rice, leftover kalua pork, Eddy's daily ration of Jack Link's beef jerky, which he couldn't live without, fresh mangoes, and guava juice." Vocabulary and Concepts tai chi rugby mainland umpteenth rant treadmill
Literary Devices
“In the old world, and for a time in the new, Dad was obsessive about exercise. ”
"Like a crab, he (Eddy) inched his way down the hill." Eli
"With her dark hair in the same braids she always had, the shrimp looked closer to ten" Eli
"Little Miss Perfect (Terese)annoyed me, the way she always seemed so hell-bent on doing the right thing." Eli
"If there were even the slightest chance the world was not as it seemed, a tiny slice of hope that his (Eddy's) twin might still be alive, he would find out. Or else die trying."Eli
The Compound - Chapters
The CompoundChapter 1
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Mary Poppins
"Like all of us, she (Terese) had her own routines, one of which was to watch Mary Poppins at lease once a day."
YMCA
"The gym was big, the type you'd see in a school or YMCA, with an extra fifty feet or so at the end for fitness machines." Eli
Seattle
"If we weren't here, do you know where we'd be?"( Eli)
"Of course I do." Terese straightened back up,
White Shoulders
"Gram, smelling of White Shoulders, wore a red muumuu, her long hair loose, a pink pua flower behind one ear."
Vocabulary and Concepts
tai chi
rugby
mainland
umpteenth
rant
treadmill
Literary Devices
“In the old world, and for a time in the new, Dad was obsessive about exercise. ”
"Like a crab, he (Eddy) inched his way down the hill." Eli
"With her dark hair in the same braids she always had, the shrimp looked closer to ten" Eli
"Little Miss Perfect (Terese)annoyed me, the way she always seemed so hell-bent on doing the right thing." Eli
"If there were even the slightest chance the world was not as it seemed, a tiny slice of hope that his (Eddy's) twin might still be alive, he would find out. Or else die trying."Eli